Stoke-on-Trent

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:34

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

473 reported · August 2026▲ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences138
• Anti-social behaviour74
• Shoplifting65
• Public order41

Neighbourhood team: Penkhull & Stoke · Staffordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

359 reported road collisions (2025)

80 killed or seriously injured · 438 casualties · 13.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 399 rated 4–5 ★ (336 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Stoke-on-Trent (0.5 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£150,112 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Stoke-on-Trent · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£715 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £518
• 2 bed £662
• 3 bed £796

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

4.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.4 times median annual pay (4.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,770 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Benx LTD (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches44
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Ofsted recognises strong support for care-experienced young people in Stoke-on-Trent· 30 Oct 2026
• Pottermus and Boomer star in new children's book to inspire young readers· 30 Oct 2026
• Trading Standards operation sees over £20,000 worth of illegal products seized· 29 Oct 2026
• City looking to review powers around inappropriate face coverings· 28 Oct 2026
• New booking system to make disposing of household waste easier· 27 Oct 2026

Source: Stoke-on-Trent Council

258,370 residents in Stoke-on-Trent · 2,765/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,595
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK14,447
• Net moves−852

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 26 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

29% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,183 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (59% of 119,760)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

117 schools · 41,364 pupils

71 primary · 15 secondary · 31 other

Ofsted: 37 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

91 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stoke-on-Trent

280 CQC-registered services

• Care homes84
• GP practices43
• Dentists44
• Homecare agencies81
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Stoke-on-Trent

• In a conservation area (Stoke Town)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 64 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

138 applications decided

80.4% granted · 111 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)

Stoke-on-Trent Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 27
• Con 8
• Ref 5
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens31
• Restaurants & cafés53

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,988 jobs advertised · £38,113 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Stoke, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Maternity Cover), HR Generalist (Maternity Cover - 25 hours p/w)

Source: Adzuna

£651 median full-time weekly pay

5.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,925 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 125,878 certificates

21.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Wind 26% · Nuclear 26% · Imports 6%

153 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.5 women · 55.1 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

23 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in ST4

• North Staffordshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Trent Vale Medical Practice
• Glebedale Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stoke-on-Trent Central:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills598 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases205 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND175 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 157 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth148 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Spode Museum · 0.1 km

  The Spode Museum is based in Stoke-on-Trent, England, where Josiah Spode, known for his role in the Industrial Revolution, established his pottery business in 1774. The Spode Museum collection includes a ceramics coll…

• Gordon Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent · 0.2 km

  The Gordon Theatre was a theatre in Stoke-upon-Trent, in Staffordshire, England. It was subsequently the Hippodrome Theatre, and the Gaumont Cinema.

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  Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall is a municipal building in Glebe Street, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

• Stoke-on-Trent College of Art · 0.3 km

  The Stoke-on-Trent Regional College of Art was one of three colleges that were merged in 1971 to form North Staffordshire Polytechnic. The College of Art achieved Regional Art College status after the Second World Wa…

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  Stoke Minster · 0.3 km

  Stoke Minster is the Minster church of St Peter ad Vincula and main church in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is now the main church of the wider city of Stoke-on-Trent.

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  Stoke-upon-Trent · 0.3 km

  Stoke-upon-Trent, commonly known as Stoke, is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Burslem, Fenton, Longton and Tunstall form the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)